Rail-fastening.



M. P. BONZANO. BAIE PASTENING. APPLIGATIQN FILED'DEO. 16, 1908.

928,008. ,Patented May 25, 1909.

M. P. BONZANG.

RAIL FASTENING.

v APPLIUATIONILEDDEOAS,190e. y 923,008, Patented May-25, 1909.

r2 SHEETS-sum er ordnen.

RAIL-FASTE NING.

specimen@ ,or Letters recent.

Patented May 25, 190e.

Application filed December 16, 1908. Serial No. 467,859.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be 1t known that l, MAXIMILIAN F. BON- arrivo,` a vcitizen oi' the United States, residing 1 in llnladelplna, Pennsylvania, have Invented certain improvements In Rail-Fastenings, of

which the following is a specification.

lli-ly invention `relates to means employed in connection with railroad rails to, resist and prevent creeping of the same.

Devices to resist or prevent the lrail creep'- ingk are usually applied so as t anchor the middle of the rail, and .the structure forming the subject 0i my invention in the several embodiments indicated in the drawings will cbe placed at one or more points with respect to a rail with the same object in view.

ln my `Patent No 906,860, dated December 15, 1908, .l have described an improved form oi' rail fastening in which a wear-plate L5g() mounted upon the tie supports the rail; clips being employed to hold the rail in place, in ycombination with wedge blocks whichinain- ,tain said clips in proper holding position with respect to the rail and wear-plate, in my present invention, l propose to make use oi the form of wear-plates and wedge-blocks disclosed in my prior application, with a modified form of clip which. is positively securedto the rail. ln one form of my present structure the rail-engaging member, suitably apertured, might be employed as a splicebar.

My invention is 4lully shown in. the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1, is a plan view of rail seeming means showing one vform of anti-creeping de- `vice embodying my invention 3 Fig. 2, is a sectional view of the same on the line a--a/: Fig. 3, is a plan view illustrating a modifica- 10 tion en'bodying my'invention, Figs. 4 and 5, are sec ional views of the same on the line 'tf-.band c-c, respectively; Fig. 6, is a view f illustrating a further modification embodying myinvention; Fig. 7, is a perspective view of the form oi' combined clip and anticreeping device shown in Figs. 1 and 2; Fig. v8, is a erspective view of the form-ol combined c ip and anti-creeping device shown in L Figs. 3 and L1; Fig. 9, is a plan view illustrating; a further modification ol my invention in whlch'the anti-creeping deviceis designed to span the space between two/,ties and co-actj with wear-plates carried by each of said ties;

l Fig. 0, is a erspective viewv of the form ol i combined c lp and 4anti-creeping device 'shown in Fig. 9, and Figs. 11, 12, 13 and 14,

l are perspective views illustrating Inodiiied l forms of washers which I may employ with my improved structure.

in the drawings, 1 represents the rail; 2 a wear-plate, and 3 a tie upon which said wearvplate is mounted.. secured to., apwooden tie by means ol' bolts or lag screws 4 passing through the same, or when applied to a metallic tie, suoli as 33, the wearplate will be secured to a block 5 mounted on. saidy tie,4 by means of bolts da', both arrangements being substantially similar to the arrangement ofiastening means illustrated in my patent `above referred to.v

Mounted upon the wear-plate and secured 'thereto in a suitable manner, is avn special forni of .rail engaging member and clip servrlhis clip in the present instance comprises the wear-plate. and arrangedto extend over the flange of. the rail; such portion having a serrated outward edge 8, with an loverlianging lip 9 such portion of the structure being substantially the same as thatNill'ustrated in my. patent above referred to.v ln addition this clip member is provided with an upwardly projecting o the web of the rail? and an o'verhangmg ot' the wear-plate. As the wear-plate is iirmly securedto the tie, the ila-nge 11 resists movement oi the clip with respect to said `wear-plate and prevents undue shear on the means retaining sai-d clip in place, while the upwardly projecting portion 10 fastened to the rail prevents longitudinal movement of l the latter with respect to the tie. The portion 10 is apertured for the passage 0f one or more bolts 12, whereby the structure may be secured to the rail. The outer edgeloffthe clip fextends diagonally with respect-tothe wedge blocks 14, of the types'illustrated in my patent before referred to, are employed to adjust and maintain the clips in Contactv with the rail, such blocks thereby providing for lateral movement of 'the rail with respect to the wear-plateto adjust the 'gage of the track. Oneof these clips' will be mounted on each side of a rail at a given point when of the type illustrated'in Figs. 1 and 2,.and each clip will be fastened to the web oi the rail substantially in the manner shown. g

ln Fig. 3, l have shown amodied form of structure; that is to say, it has a pair of rail The wear-plate may be ing as an anti-creeping device for the rail.

a member having a portion 7 lying .uponV rtion 10 lying against flange 11 at its side which engages the edge flange or shoulder 130i the wear-plate, and

. of such boltsJ flange engaging portions 7a with diagonally faced toothed portions for engagement with] the wedge-blocks 14 whereby 1t is held tothe flange of therail; the wedge blocks being 1nterposed between its diagonally faced toothed i portions and the lange sectional view on the linec-c, Fig. 3, illustrating'the use of the flanges 11 at the sides ofthe retaining clips, (7 or 7 3,) to engage the edges of the weareplate 2.

The structure shown in Fig. 6, is substantiallythe same as that shown in Fig. 3, eX

cept that thewedge-blocks 14 are disposed to act toward each other, while those shown in Fig. 3 are arranged to act in the same direction.. y l

The form of clip shown in Figs. 1 and 3, is

'fully illustrated by the perspective View, Fig.

7, While thedouble form of clip shown in Fig. 3, is fully illustrated by the perspective view, Fig. 8.

. In Fig. 9,I have shown a further modifica-- tion of my invention in which the combined clip and anti-creeping device is of such a size as to span or bridge two ties. These ties are provided With the usual wear-plates, and each end of the bridgingmember has the notched'or serrated ortion for-engagement bythe wedge-blocks mterposed'between such portion and the flanges of the wear-plate. It will be understood that the structure shown in Figs. 9 and.10, if provided with additional bolt holes, could be employed as a splice-bar. The clips are secured to the wear-plates by bolts 15, in the manner shown; the heads 16 whether rounded or substantially so, as shown in Fig. 2, or cylindrical, as shown Figs. 4 and 5, are seated in similarly shaped recesses in the blocki, as in Fig. 2, or

inthe tie 3, as in Figs. 4 and 5. This construction provides means to assist the bolts 4 A to Y 'Vin holding the views, Figs. 11,' 12, 13 and 14.

`clip or other portion ofthe wear-plate 2 in position. l The bolts 15 are provided with squared nuts 18, as indicated, and to serve as retaining means for these nuts I may employ locking washers of the type illustrated in the perspective 'These locking washers comprise flat lates, with portions or iianges to be turned) up into engagement with the nut and portions to be turnedy down. into engagement With the sides of the structure held down bysaid nut. In Fig. 11, the washer is lindicated at 20; and -is substantially -like those illustrated in the several views in engagemenwith theseveral nuts 18. It has flanges c," b and c, the flanges a anda/engagv'ing the nut, While the ange b engages the rail may -be flange d, to engage the nut and a single flange s b to engage the clip. The washer 202, shown in Fig. 14, has a pair of flanges a and c to engage the nut, and a 4air of flanges b and d disposed at right ang es thereto to engage the clip. The several flanges are bent Aon the' dotted lines.

In lieu of the form of wedge-blocks shown in the drawings, I may employ any of the forms shownin my patent before referred to; the engaging portion of the clip being modified accordingly. l 'I claimf A 1. The combination of a rail, a tie, a wearplate mounted on the tie, a the wear-plate and in enga rail, said clip being mova le whereby'the rail may be adjusted with respect to the yWear-plate, means for securing said clip to the web ofthe rail, and means carried by the clip in engagement with. the Wear-plate'for preventing movement of said clip with respect thereto and by its connection with clip secured to ement with the the rail'tending to prevent creeping of the latter.

l 2. The combination plate-mounted on the the wear-plate and in rail, said clip being 'rail may wear-plate, a bolt forsecuring said clip to the rail, and a ilange carried by said chp in engagement with the wear-plate, saidflange preventing movement of theclip'with re- `spect to the Wear-plate.

of a rail, a tie, a weartie, a clip secured to engagement -with the movable whereby the 3.- The combination of a rail, a tie, a Wear' plate mounted on the tie, a clip secured to the wear-plate and in engagement With the rail, said cli having a pair of notched projections an being movable whereby the adjusted with respect to the wear-plate, means for securing said clip to the rail, and means carried by each of said projections for preventing movement of sai clipzwith respect to the wear-plate.

. 4. The combination of a rail, a tie, a Wearplatemounted on the tie, a'clip,'bolts for securing said clip to the wear-plate and in engagement with Vthe rail, said clip having a' palr of notched projections able whereby respect to the wearlate, means for securing said clip to the ral ,v means for preventing movement of said clipv with respect to the .wearplate,' and Wedge-blocks for engaging and being movthenotched projections of the clip and hold- `ng them 1n ed relationship With the wearp ate.

5. The combination-of a rail, a tie, a wearplate mounted on' the tie, a clip carried by the wear-plate and secured-'to the rail, said be adjusted with respect to theA the rail may be adjusted with clip being movable whereby the rail may be adjusted with respect to the weanplate to adjnstthe gage 'oi' the track, notchedprojections carried by said clip, means for securing seid clip to the rail, end depending flanges carried by seid notched projections *for engagement with the weenplete and serving to prevent movement of saidlip with respect to seme.

6,. The combination ol e rail, a tie, a, weer plete secured to said tie, e clipl mounted on the Weer-plate and secured to the rail, .sa-1d clip being movable whereby the rail may be adjusted with respect to the. weer-plate, bolts Lor securing seid clip to the weer-plete,

\ and e flange carried by seid clip in eng-:ige-

ment with the wear-plete, seid flange preventing movement of theclipvvith respect to the weai-plete parallel to the rail.

l7. The combination ol' e rail, e tie, e weerplete mounted on the tie, e clip secured to the Weereplate and in engagement with the 'ra-il, seid clip having notched projections and being vmovable whereby the rail may be adjusted with respectto the wezrr-plete,`men-ns for securing seid clip to the rail, and ineens carried by seid projections tor preventing l endwse movement of seid clip with respect to the weer plete, o 8. The combimitionoi' e rail, e tie, a weer pletesecured to the tlc, e clip, bolts 'lor securing said clip to the weer-plete end in engagement with the rail, seid clip having notched projections and being movable.

whereby the rail may be adjusted With respect to the Weer-plate, means for securing seid clip to the rail., means for preventing movement of said clip with respect to the Weer-plete, and Wedge-blocks for engaging the notched projections ol' the clip and holding them in fixed relationship withythe Wearplete, the latter Ahaving flanged abutments y fo r said Wedge-blocks.

9, The combination of a. rail, e tie, e Weerplete s@ ered to the tie, a clip carried by the weer-platte and engaging the rail, seid clip vbeing adjustable whereby the rail may be shifted With respect to the weer-plate to adjust the gege of the track, notched pro- MAXMLIAN F. BONZANO.'

litnesses MURRAY C. BOYER, Jos. H. KLnrN. 

